City of Colorado Springs Municipal in October 2023

83.1%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,042 domestic departures from City of Colorado Springs Municipal (COS). 83.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so COS departures were 0.7 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at COS that month were on time 79.1% of the time (1,043 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 81.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.9%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from COS in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	COS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	83.1%	—	79.1%	83.8%
Arrived on time	81.1%	—	79.8%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.7%	—	1.1%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.9 min	—	16.8 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	35	—	36	19,966
Scheduled departures	1,042	—	13,185	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	447	43%	82.8%	4.6 min	0.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	348	33%	79.9%	8.6 min	0.9%
UA United Airlines	112	11%	83.0%	6.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	93	9%	69.9%	20.6 min	2.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	35	3%	94.3%	-11.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	7	1%	85.7%	3.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
COS–DEN	Colorado Springs to Denver	397	80.9%	6.6 min	1.0%
COS–DFW	Colorado Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth	153	75.2%	12.0 min	2.0%
COS–LAS	Colorado Springs to Las Vegas	103	81.6%	3.5 min	0.0%
COS–DAL	Colorado Springs to Dallas	84	83.3%	7.3 min	0.0%
COS–PHX	Colorado Springs to Phoenix	77	83.1%	6.6 min	0.0%
COS–ORD	Colorado Springs to Chicago	62	85.5%	11.3 min	0.0%
COS–IAH	Colorado Springs to Houston	38	78.9%	11.6 min	0.0%
COS–ATL	Colorado Springs to Atlanta	31	93.5%	-10.5 min	0.0%
COS–LGB	Colorado Springs to Long Beach	31	77.4%	12.4 min	0.0%
COS–MDW	Colorado Springs to Chicago	31	77.4%	5.9 min	0.0%
COS–SLC	Colorado Springs to Salt Lake City	31	87.1%	3.4 min	0.0%
COS–MSP	Colorado Springs to Minneapolis	4	100.0%	-20.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	41.1%	41.3%	5,724
Late-arriving aircraft	34.1%	40.5%	4,750
National Aviation System	17.2%	14.4%	2,399
Extreme weather	7.6%	3.7%	1,056
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

13,929 delay minutes on 186 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left COS on time in October 2023?

83.1% of 1,042 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for COS · methodology · corrections.